A guy meets a hooker in a bar. She says, "This is your lucky night. I’ve got a special game for you. I’ll do absolutely anything you want for $300, as long as you can say it in three words." He pulls his wallet out of his pocket, and one at a time lays three hundred-dollar bills on the bar, and says, slowly: "Paint…my…house."

It's too much weight for one guy to manhandle, and Werner puts the rope on the wrong side (you want the rope to come off on the climbing side, not the wall side, if it's a heavy ladder. Then you can use the rope both to raise and to land the ladder at the same time. With the rope on the wall side, you have to raise it and then land it.)

These are not "all time high" temps, they are record high for the dates in question. Are they adjusted for Urban Heat Island effect? You know how hot it can be in an asphalt and concrete city compared to a leafy country village dominated by a grassy square? Well the number of leafy villages is shrinking and concrete and asphalt grows daily.

When people produce graphs like the one I showed you above, which is an aggregate, like the RCP polls, but for thermometer temperatures, they adjust for UHI by knocking some part of a degree off the temperature.

Now I know what you are thinking... So what if we knock a half a degree off, they are still record highs, but the part of a degree they knock off is off the temperature aggregated over each month, which includes spikes and dips. It is likely several degrees warmer in Denver in 2013 than it would be in some spot in the plains east of the city than the temperature differential would have been in 1913, before roads were paved, yet the thermometer will not have been located out in the planes, it will have been located in the city.

In other words, like most of the stuff you offer up here, your claims do not stand scrutiny, and I am certain that you will be unable to marshal a counter argument even if one existed.

Instead, if you reply at all, which I doubt, you will simply flatly reject my arguments without supporting reasoning then maybe ask a rhetorical question.

I have dark green roof shingles and have considered this color to replace the yellow siding. But them I would need it to be stuccoed too which makes it mucho costly so it ain't changing unless I hit the Powerball.

Heh, if there are less global warming jokes lately (though NB I've seen some in the last few days on some of my favorite political sites), it's only because we see less global warming alarmist laughingstocks in the MSM lately.

When even an AGW alarmist like James Hansen is sounding sheepish lately, you know the worm has turned.

Incidentally, not that it proves anything, but they came very close to setting a new lowest temperature ever recorded in the State of Alaska, for any date, this year, at -72, I think. But the battery on the thermometer's recording unit failed, probably due to the extreme cold.

AJ, Study after study shows that, while lefties tend to be great at spelling, they are lousy on getting the facts straight.

One study showed that Republicans in the 50th percentile of knowledgeablity (if that's a word) outscored Democrats in the 95th percentile, among that group, on questions of knowledge.

But still we are the painfully stupid ones and they are the intellectuals.

"Michelle reminds me every day how difficult it is to be married to a politican. The sacrifices that all of you make, the birthday parties that get missed or the soccer games that you are late to, the travel that keeps you away from your loved ones -- all of that obviously is in service of our country," he told members [of Congress] and their families gathered on the South Lawn.

These are not "all time high" temps, they are record high for the dates in question.

Many of them were highs for the month of June. It would be really interesting to get an all-time record high in June (late June, but still), when there's a whole 'nother month of heating to go. Typically, mid-July is the hottest week.

One held up my arms and the other dug in my pockets and took $40 bucks.

I didn't have any cab money but there is this cab driver who has picked me up many times and has asked to do me for money in the past. And sure enough there he was. I told him I got robbed and did not have any money and was not going to do him but would he give me a ride home. He did and all he asked is if he could see my hog. I showed him and that was enough. That was like a $30 cab ride all for just a flash.

The moral of the story is every once in awhile you run into someone who has a good heart and is willing to help out another human.

My cousin in Lynchburg painted his house of similar vintage and style in similar colors. It was a little shocking at first because we're used to Arts & Craft houses painted in earthtones or saddened colors.

Shanna, the Alaska Current (a cold version of the Gulf Stream) runs down the Pacific Coast of North America sufficiently far that you feel it in Puerta Vallarta.

(we went snorkeling there and the guide, a Mexican kid, jumped in with just flippers and a mask; The Blonde naively asks, "Is the water cold?", and he answers, "Oh no, Senora, ees pleny warm, you come right on in"; over she goes SPA-LASH!!! (I remembered how the Mexican War started and awaited events aboard), a second later up she comes, "Sssppputterr!!! You LIED to me!!!")

Curious George said..."MadisonMan said...The most comfortable chair I've ever sat in is by Stickley. It's the Leopold Chair, in leather. That's what Meade needs."

Meh. The Morris Chair is the original recliner. Big. A manly chair. I made one in black leather with a matching ottomon. Sorry, nothing beats it Curious George said..."MadisonMan said...The most comfortable chair I've ever sat in is by Stickley. It's the Leopold Chair, in leather. That's what Meade needs."

Meh. Morris Chair is the original recliner. Big. A manly chair. I made one in black leather with a matching ottomon. Sorry,nothing beats it.

I think that's a Samuel Clemens quoteCould be, but I heard it from my grandmother. She had an aunt who lived in a SF house that was 89 steps up from the street. Now I imagine it has a tram like the one in that Eastwood movie.

President Obama is disappointed that the Althouse/Meade household has decided to play partisan politics instead of fighting the unemployment rate, and stimulating the economy by not hiring a crew of undocumented Hispanics to repaint their dwelling.

Such racist behavior will not go unnoticed by AG Eric Holder, and his DOL, I mean DoJ civil rights department.

President Obama would like to point out his particular disappointment in Professor Ann Althouse herself, who at one time was one of the Presidents biggest supporters.

Consider the repurcussions when Press Secretary Jay Carney points out your lack of foresite at the next White House briefing for mocking by the WH press corpse.

Now that you have the base coat almost done you're probably interested in having a look at a few scenes I've been working on.

Two are kind of the same except different.

A flock of birds flying away in an arc. The background is the sky. Templates. Three types. Three sizes each type. So nine separate bird templates. A flight arc is depicted across the plane of the structure that continues around the corner. The arrangement of bird blotches is both planned and random so that more of the larger with generally more space between them start at one end and tend to shrink and compress to the other end until they are all small templates tightly compressed.

See?

A flock of birds, so it's a bold statement that you are like totally blending with the natural environment. So your block will go house house house house flock of birds house house house.

The second idea is the same thing with fish.

The third idea is a jungle.

The fourth idea is camouflage.

The fifth idea is hippy acid zowie

The sixth idea is an urban protest scene. We could probably did up a pretty good picture somewhere and do a ...

32'ers take getting used to. After practice you can move them around by yourself without lowering them. Got to be pretty stout to do it though. I was working on my parents house once with my nephew who played bothways on his high school football team. I asked him to carry the ladder around back for me. After struggling with the weight he came back and declared "Damn Uncle! You're a horse!"

He is like a real life Batman. But... even better... since he's... ummm.... real life and all...

Oh the blog-o-bar is raising, dear Professor!!! Popehat Ken put his credibility and personal involvement where his blog is. Would you do the same? Surely you did when the protests came to Madison... but that's the past, baby... and you can't coast along on that singular, if nonetheless spectacular, journoblogolistic success forever.

God, if you're such a big Obamacare fan, you should've issued some clear guidance on the matter. Like "Thou shalt have a national healthcare plan featuring an individual mandate, guaranteed issue and community rating".

Based upon the previous photo I thought that the house was being painted the darker color. Now I see that it is actually being painted the lighter color. Doesn't one usually start from the top? Anyway, your house looks lovely.

Thanks to everyone who offered compliments. And to everyone else for everything else.

Back to work now. Not that I'm under a mandate to finish the job or anything. But the penalty for not finishing the job could be... taxing. Under the Santa clause. Not the commerce clause. Maybe the general welfare clause. But not the war powers clause. And definitely not under article 1, section 4. That would have me waiting until the first Monday in December. Unless they shall by law appoint a different day.